With over 47,000 participants, Cohorte Cantabria continues moving forward in its mission to collect samples and data to advance biomedical research. After four years of work, the project now boasts 16 established scientific collaborations and financial support from the Government of Cantabria. The project’s coordinating team is already preparing the follow-up phase, which will include […]
Colegio Torreánaz has recently donated a total of €3,035 to the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) to support research in multiple sclerosis. This donation is the result of a charity walk organized by the school, in collaboration with local businesses, families, and students, with the aim of allocating the funds raised to a biomedical […]
Last Friday, June 13th, the closing ceremony of the third edition of the MINDS Master’s Program took place — a gathering for reflection on the students’ journey through this program. The event opened with remarks by Marisa Tejedor Botello, Senior Science Area Manager at the Botín Foundation. This was followed by David Beas, Director of […]
His outstanding career in the development of sensors and light-based technologies is recognized, becoming the first Spanish researcher to receive this prestigious accolade José Miguel López-Higuera, a researcher affiliated with the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL), has been awarded the OFS29 Lifetime Achievement Award, an international recognition honoring a lifetime of scientific, technical, and organizational […]
On September 26th and 27th, the Hotel Bahía in Santander will once again become a meeting point for professionals in Neurophysiology and Intensive Care Medicine with the celebration of the 2nd Course on Electroencephalographic Monitoring in Intensive Care. Following the success of its first edition in 2023, this new gathering incorporates the contributions and suggestions […]
A team of specialists in pulmonary hypertension and lung transplantation from the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV) and the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) has just published a study in the journal Pulmonary Circulation addressing a question that, until now, has received little attention: what happens to patients with group 2 pulmonary hypertension […]
The Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander will host, on July 7 and 8, 2025, the fifth edition of the professional meeting Value-Based Digital Health: Transforming Healthcare Through the Power of Data, a landmark event organized by the Ministry of Health of the Government of Cantabria and co-organized by the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute […]
The Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) will host two international workshops on May 29 and 30, where experts from across Europe will discuss the shared values of healthcare systems and the legal challenges posed by digitalisation in health. This week, Cantabria will welcome an important international academic gathering, bringing together European specialists in health […]
Researchers from the Photonic Engineering Group (UC/IDIVAL/CIBER-BBN), in collaboration with the Valdecilla Biobank and the IDIVAL Microscopy Unit, have published a new study in the journal Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. The study, titled Assessment of blood serum stability with Raman spectroscopy and explanatory AI, demonstrates that Raman spectroscopy, combined with explainable […]
Dynatract, a dynamic abdominal wall traction system for the treatment of open abdomen, has been selected to take part in the Deep Tech Venture Builder (DTVB) programme by EIT Health, one of Europe’s largest healthcare innovation networks. This is a medical device designed to address one of the most complex and high-risk surgical situations: the […]
